Feathers

Like feathers in your hand are your children.
Mind them well, but do not grasp them too hard or they will be damaged beyond hope.
And the winds will blow. protect them as you can.

Fabric

Remember always that in the great fabric of life, you are but one thread. Short or long, colored or plain, you intertwine with all.
Remember also that should your thread become unravelled, there will be a tear in the faric of those around you.

Be not afraid to question.
Certainty is the enemy of truth.
Belief is the enemy of faith.

The burying of the dead.

Those who wash, those who mourn, those who are honored to carry the shell of the person who was, wear no color but only the black of the dark and the white of the light. Dark below, to show the shell, and white above, for the soul now departed.

Only for yourself?

Dost thou think that thou art only for thine own self?
Dost thou believe that thou art alone?
Thou art also for others, as they art for thee.

Law

Laws are for the obedience of men whose guidance from G_d fails. The word of conscience and good will is given but not heeded. The law must rule man when man cannot. Obedience to law is obedience to G_d.

A man is not a man unto himself.
You are not, if not for others.